Bengaluru, the banyan tree that never stops growing

Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya during Bengaluru debates: Can the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act benefit Bengaluru? event in Bengaluru. | Photo credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J

On the outskirts of Bengaluru stands the Dodda Aalada Mara, a beautiful banyan tree that is over 400 years old. This is a unique tree on an area of ​​almost three acres, the branches of which take root, which will become new trunks. Other branches then grow from these trunks. The tree is constantly growing and expanding, but it always remains with deep roots where it once grew.

That seems like a beautiful description to me Bengaluru alone.

Published – 12 Nov 2026 13:01 IST